‖n. [ F. alérion, LL. alario a sort of eagle; of uncertain origin. ] (Her.) Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. In Greek legend, a fabulous horse, the offspring of Poseidon by Demeter (or, in other accounts, Gaea or a harpy) who to escape him had metamorphosed herself into a mare. It was successively owned by Copreus, Oncus, Heracles, and Adrastus. It possessed marvelous powers of speech, and its right feet were those of a man. [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'aste`rion starry. ] (Anat.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bryony. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [ Written also burrion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony. ] 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [ Obs. ] “Old feeble carrions.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prey for carrion kites. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ. --
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara. --
Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centurio, fr. centuria; cf. F. centurion. See Century. ] (Rom. Hist.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century. [ 1913 Webster ]

A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. Acts x. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. (b) The true skin, or cutis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon, LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L. clarus clear. See Clear. ] A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Clarion, Clarinet. ] (Mus.) See Clarinet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Criteria (-&unr_;), sometimes Criterions [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a means for judging, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; decider, judge, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to separate. See Certain. ] A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Syn. -- Standard; measure; rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Serving as a basis for evaluation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. decurio, decurionis, fr. decuria a squad of ten, fr. decem ten. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decurionatus, fr. decurio. ] The office of a decurion. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Bot.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_; fire. ] A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneously, such as a lucifer match. [ archaic ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a pony, dim. of &unr_; a horse. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

n. [ Gr. &unr_; history + &unr_; to distribute. ] One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them. [ 1913 Webster ]

And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. histrio: cf. F. histrion. ] A player. [ R. ] Pope.

{ , a. [ L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See Histrion. ] 1. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

n. The histrionic art; stageplaying. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The histrionic art; stageplaying; acting. [ PJC ]

2. Insincere, exaggeratedly emotional or overly dramatical speech or behavior performed to create an impression rather than as an expression of true feeling; feigned emotion. [ PJC ]

n. Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically. Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Class Myth.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

So excellent a king; that was, to this,
Hyperion to a satyr. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; "ype`r over + &unr_; door.] (Arch.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

‖n.; pl. Hypoaria [ NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + &unr_; a little egg.] (Anat.) An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes. Owen. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary. ] 1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] (Min.) A dark variety of smoky quartz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. morion, Sp. morrion; cf. Sp. morra the upper part of the head, morro anything that is round. ] A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat. [ 1913 Webster ]

A battered morion on his brow. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Murrain. ] Infected with or killed by murrain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A morion. See Morion. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of lemon sharks.
Syn. -- genus Negaprion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'Wri`wn, orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation was named. ] (Astron.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flaming glories of Orion's belt. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [ Spelt also orpheoreon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a dovecote, a kind of verbena, fr. peristera` a dove, pigeon; cf. L. peristereon. ] (Bot.) The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several types of protein particle lacking nucleic acid, believed to be the cause of certain slow-developing infectious diseases such as scapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Kuru in humans. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n. [ L. rigatio, fr. rigare to water. ] See Irrigation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. saty`rion. ] (Bot.) Any one of several kinds of orchids. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. septentrio the northern regions, the north, fr. septentriones the seven stars near the north pole, called Charles's Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the seven plow oxen; septem seven + trio, orig., a plow ox: cf. F. septentrion. ] The north or northern regions. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both East West, South and Septentrioun. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. septentrionalis: cf. F. septentrional. ] Of or pertaining to the north; northern. “From cold septentrion blasts.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Northerliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Northerly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To tend or point toward the north; to north. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from LL. sturio. See Sturgeon. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes including the sturgeons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. tri- + sulphonal; -- so called because it contains three ethyls. ] (Chem.) A compound similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic in medicine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Trionyx, and -old. ] (Zool.) A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina. [ 1913 Webster ]